Back To You

Left In The Dark

Recap:

"Andrew?" My mom grinned so widely I thought her face would split, then her smile dropped suddenly. "Then what does the note mean?"

I sighed again. "That's just some stupid girls with way too much time on their hands."

She raised an eyebrow at me and I shook my head at her.

"It isn't a big deal, so please just leave it alone." I told her sternly.

She pursed her lips but nodded.

She sat down next to me and rubbed my back soothingly. With my mother's gentle touch the stress and anxiety began to fade.

"So," she began again. "You and Andrew, huh?"

After skillfully evading all of my mom's questions about Andrew she finally let the subject drop.

She and my dad were leaving tomorrow morning for their trip to Mexico and she was giving me her usual warnings about kidnappings and house break-ins.

I finally made it up to my room and went to sleep. The next day Andrew drove me to school again and I told him about the note.

"I'm so sick of those girls. They need to stop all of this." He said angrily and I sighed.

"This has Brianna written all over it. I wish she never came here. I thought I had gotten rid of her." I said.

Andrew sent me a sympathetic glance as he pulled into the school's parking lot.

"I'll get them to stop, okay Tally?" He promised.

I smiled. "I don't want you to have to stress over this, it isn't that big of a deal."

He shook his head as we got out of the car. Andrew held my hand as we walked into the school and made it to my locker. I opened it and was pleasantly surprised when nothing out of the ordinary popped out.

Robyn walked up and greeted us.

"Hey guys." She said with a smile.

"Hey." Andrew said and I simply smiled back.

"Have you seen Zander and Chrissy yet?" She asked.

"No, not yet." I replied. "Why?"

"Zander has my math homework." Robyn explained. "I'll just get it back third period."

The bell rang and I said bye to Andrew before Robyn and I made our way to first period.

Our teacher gave us a book assignment and gave us until the next day to do it. I took this opportunity to tell Robyn about the note that my mom had found in our mailbox.

"That's so creepy!" Robyn exclaimed, immediately getting shushed by the teacher.

"I know. I can't figure out how they found my house. Maybe they followed me?" I guessed.

"What stalkers. I never thought Rebecca would go this low." Robyn said.

"I never thought she would either." I said in agreement. "Brianna on the other hand, doesn't surprise me."

Soon enough the period ended, followed by three more and we were entering the cafeteria for lunch.

"I haven't seen the Barbie bitches today." Zander said sitting down.

"Neither have I." Said Andrew grumpily.

"Good then. The less we see of them, the better." I said.

"What exactly did they do?" Cal asked.

We all looked at him in confusion.

"Dude, where the hell have you been?" Trent, who was sitting next to Andrew asked.